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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1899
Page
2
Governor proclaimed a special meeting in the seventh congressional district for December 16 to select a successor to late Congressman Bettle. Judge Ira Julien of this city and Judge James H Mulligan of Lexington are named as candidates, ex-consul to Samos.
A fragmented note discusses Mocema and a perplexing state of perception. References to a cast of figures, internal sins, and surface senses hint at a literary puzzle or puzzle piece involving Swiftian critique, inner conflict, and a mysterious curing moment amid external illusion.
In Chicago Navy sports pages, discussion centers on boxing referee duties for a Creedon Walton bout at Tattersall's next Saturday. Tom O'Rourke disputes being barred and criticizes Siler and Roark, while Hogan is named to referee the event.
Chicago promoter reports arrangements completed for a featherweight bout between Harry Forbes of Chicago and Terry Mollovern of Brooklyn to be staged at a New York venue for a purse of 300 dollars. The plan includes a catch weight around 122 pounds and Forbes current form as a top welterweight contender. Eddie Santry backs Mollovern and vows to meet him at 122 pounds if Mollovern weighs in and fights at that limit.
Patsy Tebeaahn returns from Cleveland where he met with Robison brothers and discussed plans. Reportedly the St Louis hub aims to strengthen the team after recent talks with editors and scouts, with Bristol and Oregon City noted in the exchange.
Chicago club president states there is no truth in reports of a merger with Louisville. The article mentions team figures and management roles, but the text is garbled.
Fragmented OCR text hints at a local gathering or meeting with several names and places vaguely referenced. Readers see scattered phrases about individuals and actions, but core details remain unclear. The item resembles an inexact community brief with no clear outcome or date.
Nov 22 reports from Cambridge on Harvard football season end and candidate slate for captain next year. Mentions Maditen Sells Russell Laxington and other names amid speculation on leadership, with references to upcoming events and local prices.
New York reports heavy bond activity as Treasury purchases exceed nine million in value. Subtreasury officials note brisk business in bond exchanges, with a planned reallocation from ten and two percent issues toward three percent securities. Several large banks with many city correspondents report light currency conditions amid continued treasury operations.
The article notes demand largely shifted from eastern regions while Western markets show little need. Prices eased as money demand waned and the overall activity cooled.
Describes improvised armored trains used in military operations in the Transvaal with armored passenger and freight cars. Notes that trains vary in construction from steel cars to reinforced wooden builds and may carry rifles, small artillery, or a Maxim. Mentions use in Porto Rico and the Philippines and emphasizes officer skill in fitting out each train.
Springfield reports the National Grange will meet at Weenington BD. C. next. J. J. Woodman chaired the executive committee with a $50,000 credit shown by secretary and treasurer. Real estate holds $40,000. current funds added $10,000 this year. The chairman urged crushing trusts as uncontrollable.
The article notes Themis Nast’s extraordinary skill in caricature, describing how he studied subjects and drew from memory. It also discusses the planned U.S. government printing office, costing about 3 million dollars, eight stories high with 7000 diacantbescent? floors, a 5 million dollar annual operating fund, electric elevators, a refrigeration plant, a crematory for waste, and potential later adoption of modern typesetting machines.
A fragmented notice announces a chair of omnibit physicians offering free treatment for three months to all invalids by tele treatment. It promotes a traveling surgeon and a city branch, claiming rapid improvement and cures across skin diseases, catarrh, weakness, and other ailments, with medicines excluded.
Kansas City reports Frank D. Randall, a civil engineer, claims vast virgin copper deposits in the Grand Canyon with gold-encrusted rock, garnets, coal, asbestos and onyx. Randall plans to return next month to pursue ore extraction aided by noted companions including M. C. Sharpneck and Bel Hall.
A family in Terros watches their kitten lose a chase as a mouse dodges through the room. Mine Aante Somer of 426 Weet by eighth streek reported the scene as the pet kitten darted across tables and chairs while the anxious family kept doors shut to contain the creature.
Patrolman arrives after a neighbor call at West Forty-seventh street. Mire Lamer and daughter are trapped in a small room while a man, later named Tad, dashes through the house in smoke. Kammer fights a kitten as objects fly, a table shatters, plaster peels, and a window is broken before Tad is killed amid the wreck. National Bank changes announced for Kansas include officers at First National of Winfield, Winfield National, and First National of Garden City with named replacements.
A severe assault in Owensboro, Kentucky leaves a 76 year old father dead after Cicero Barnett, a Black man, is said to have decapitated him with a hatchet. Barnett was arrested as investigators describe a brutal, frenzied attack.
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